PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThe "Baltic Chain", in which 25% of the population of the Baltic states formed a human line hundreds of miles long to protest Soviet domination, 1989media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down19
arrow-up1239arrow-down1imageThe "Baltic Chain", in which 25% of the population of the Baltic states formed a human line hundreds of miles long to protest Soviet domination, 1989media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThe Baltics did fine. Many former soviet countries took decades to recover the same life expectancy or living standards, if they ever did. The breakup was catastrophic, many older people still miss the Soviet times.
The Baltics did fine. Many former soviet countries took decades to recover the same life expectancy or living standards, if they ever did. The breakup was catastrophic, many older people still miss the Soviet times.